Mwadingusha is a community in the

Kambove Territory Kambove is a town in the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kambove lies at an altitude of 4783 ft (1457 m). Economic activity in the area includes cobalt processing. Kambove is the center of the Kambove mines regio ...

of Haut Katanga District in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Hydroelectricity

The Cornet Falls on the

Lufira River The Lufira River is a tributary of the Lualaba River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Lufira rises in the Shaba plateau south of Likasi. The river was dammed in 1926 at Mwadingusha near Likasi to form Lake Tshangalele, a reser ...

had a drop of at Mwadingusha. The river was dammed at the falls in 1925 with an dyke to form

Lake Tshangalele Lake Tshangalele, also known as Lake Lufira or Mwadingusha Reservoir, is an artificial lake in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is located about 20 km east of the city of Likasi in the old province of Katanga. It lies a ...

, a reservoir for a hydroelectric generator supplying power for copper smelting in

Likasi Likasi (formerly official names: Jadotville ( French) and Jadotstad (Dutch)) is a city in Haut-Katanga Province, in the south-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Demographics Likasi has a population of around 635,000 (2015). During the 1990 ...

. The newly formed ''Société Générale des Forces Hydro-électriques du Katanga '' (SOGEFOR) undertook construction over a four-year period, with most of the work done by large crews of laborers. The Emil Francqui power station was built to harness the power. It had six turbo-generators, five active at any time, and a generating capacity of 60,000 kilowatts.

Lake

The dyke was raised in 1934, 1938 and again in 1947 to a final height of . The resultant shallow lake has an area of over and supports up to 2,000 fishermen.

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